#BCADD8#BCADD8

#BCADD8 is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.062 H 300.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BCADD8
RGB	rgb(188, 173, 216)
HSL	hsl(261, 36%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(261, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 19.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, 13.71, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 24.03, 304.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% 0.0321 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.062 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0748, 45.5363, 71.2091)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BCADD8 #C9D8AD

analogous

#ADB4D8 #BCADD8 #D2ADD8

triadic

#BCADD8 #D8BCAD #ADD8BC

tetradic

#BCADD8 #D8ADB4 #C9D8AD #ADD8D2

square

#BCADD8 #D8ADB4 #C9D8AD #ADD8D2

split-complementary

#BCADD8 #D8D2AD #B4D8AD

monochromatic

#785AB1 #9A84C4 #BCADD8 #DED6EC #EEEAF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BCADD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BCADD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BCADD8

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BCADD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BCADD8	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bcadd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 173, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.062 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0c5e4',
    500: '#bcadd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bcadd8;
$custom-light: #d0c5e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bcadd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.93,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77456,
    "c": 0.06249,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BCADD8

secondary

#E7ECDF

accent

#AE3785

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F8FB

border

#D2D1D4

text

#141215

muted

#828183

Preview Lab

Preview with #BCADD8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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